First Day at School Card (CASology Week #373 mid-inspiration)

Hi everyone! :o)

Last Tuesday, September 1st, 2020, a new challenge started at CASology. This fortnight's cue word is September. :o)

I took some time off and skipped some challenges through the summer, but I finally managed to create something for this challenge. Due to some private situation, I didn't have the time to prepare my post on time, so I'm bringing it today as mid-inspiration. 

There's still plenty of time to join the challenge, which ends on Monday, September 14th, 2020, 9 AM, CDT (UTC -5).

We also have a sponsor for this challenge: Lawn Fawn. Find all details about the prize over at CASology blog.

And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), First Day at School Card. :o)

Design defined: 

Adding dimension gives a CAS card special interest.

Here in Croatia, school starts in September, so I decided to go with school themed card for this challenge.

This school year started yesterday. My younger niece Nika (6 years old) is a first grade student and yesterday was her first day at school. She was super excited. :o) I made this card for her. She was so happy. :o)

Nika, First Day at School

How I made the card...

To make this card I used SUPER CUTE stamps from a Clearly Besotted 'A Class Act' stamp set. This stamp set is no longer available in the size I have, but in a smaller version at Clearly Besotted Shop. I got this set four years ago from a friend crafter, Zrinka of Owls and Co.. :o)

I stamped an adorable kitten on a watercolor paper and colored her in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the image and traced edges with a black marker.

I stamped the same image on a white cardstock paper, colored it with the black marker and fussy cut it leaving thin white border around it. Then I glued watercolored image over the black one. I did this to make the image sturdier, as the watercolor paper I use is very thin and I needed thicker image.

Then I stamped a sentiment on a white cardstock paper panel. 

I wanted to add some dimension, but I didn't want to use foam squares that I have, so I cut two more white cardstock panels, slightly smaller than the panel with the stamped sentiment. I glued all panels together and glued them on a white top folded card base. I glued one more panel inside the card just to make it sturdier.

Lastly, I glued 3-D foams 2 mm thick on the back of the kitten and placed her on the card. As a finishing touch I drew white highlights. :o)

Card measurements: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Clearly Besotted Stamps 'A Class Act' stamp set (the set is discontinued, but there is "smaller" version available at Clearly Besotted Stamps shop, here)
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Festive Berries
• Salty Ocean
• Ground Espresso
• Hickory Smoke
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker), Black 68/46
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink Pen
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foams, 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• scissors
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm) 
• Marabu rounded fine paintbrush no. 3/0
• paper towels
• water

I hope you'll like my today's card for this challenge and get inspired. For more inspiration, check out beautiful cards my Design Teammates and our Guest Designer created. Do join us in this challenge, we are looking forward to see your CAS creations. :o)

Deepti Stephens

Jacquie Southas

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg

Karen Haman

Milka Gubo

Nancy Elrick
Sandie Munro

Sue Symens
Zoe (Guest Designer)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 36 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Love To Craft Challenge, LTCCB #50 September Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge , Stamp it!

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Your Next Stamp, Challenge #147 - Keeping it Clean

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Colorful Kitties Set (Fairy Tale Challenge #114 + Blog Hop)

Happy Friday everyone :o)

It´s time for a new challenge at Fairy Tale Challenge Blog.

Theme for this fortnight is #114, Bunt / Colorful. We want to see colors, colors and more colors on your projects. :o) 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Görlach GmbH, with a fabulous prize for one lucky winner, a set of high quality crystal beads, pearls and gems.

Isn't the prize GORGEOUS? But that´s not all. We also have a Blog Hop and on every stop a little candy for one lucky winner. Here is the blog hop list:

• Fairytale Challenge Blog (Start)
• Steffi
• Carol
• Tanti
• Milka (you are here)
• Andrea, Zetti
• Elfie
• Bianca
• Fairytale Challenge Blog (End)

For this challenge/blog hop, I made a Colorful Kitties Set, which includes a card, mini cards set in a box with a matching envelopes, post it note holder and two decorated paper clips. 

Here are few details about this set.

Card
I used super cute Bugaboo digital stamp 'Critter Balloons - cat'. I got this cutie for free, as a Friday freebie at Bugaboo. 

Image is paper pieced and it has 3 layers. 

I printed one image on digital patterned paper. This was my card panel.  

I printed two more images on white cardstock paper, colored them, fussy cut them, colored edges with black pen and glued all pieces together. I covered balloon, cloud, cats´s muzzle, splats and heart with gloss resin gel to create glossy accents. This is a new product I bought few days ago and it makes the same effect like a transparent glossy varnish I used in my previous projects. Glossy effect is great and a 100 ml bottle didn't cost a lot. It was on sale, so it was great opportunity to grab something new and try it. I am very satisfied! :o)

Card dimensions are 89 mm x 126 mm (3 1/2" x 5").  

List of supplies (card):

• Bugaboo digital stamp 'Critter Balloons - cat'
• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper (stars) 
• white cardstock paper
• colored pencils (pink, light and dark grey)
• Koh-i-noor woodless colored pencil (Chrome Yellow 1)
• Koh-i-noor universal pencil for writing on gloss surfaces
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen F (fine) 0.6 mm
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen M (medium) 1.0 mm
• Pritt universal glue 
• white water based glue
• gloss resin gel super-clear 
• printer 
• scoring board 
• trimmer
• scissors 
• crafting needle 

List of supplies (mini cards set, post it note holder, decorated paper clips):

• Prettygrafikdesign digital paper (stars) 
• white cardstock paper
• post it block 3" x 3"  
• 2 paper clips
• 2 magnets
• Pritt universal glue
• printer
• scoring board
• trimmer
• round corner paper puncher
• cat paper puncher 
• EK Success 1" scallop circle punch 

This whole set is my blog candy for one lucky winner. I hope you like it. For your chance to win it, you just need to leave me a comment on this blog post until April 9th. Easy peasy! :o) 

All our lucky winners, challenge and blog candy winners, will be announced on Fairy Tale Challenge Blog on April 10th, before our new challenge starts. :o) 

 

Now hop over to Andrea´s blog and see a lovely project she made for this challenge and her blog hop candy. And don´t forget to join us in our challenge. We can´t wait to see your projects. :o) 

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Good luck to everyone! :o)

  

 
Crafty Milka

P.S. Stop by latter today, I´ll be posting again. 

Cute Ghost Card

Hi everyone :-D 

I just finished this Cute Ghost Card. 

This is CAS (clean and simple) card and it has only one layer. 

Card dimensions are 148 mm x 10 mm (5 7/8" x 4 1/8").

I used I {heart} sketches sketch084 with a twist for my card layout. Twist was to make CAS (Clean and Simple) card. I didn´t make rectangles and squares, as shown on sketch. Instead, I added enamel dew drop stickers to a card, to keep it CAS as possible. 

Image is  From the Heart Stamps 'Patches the Ghost'. This lovely image includes two sentiments. 

A list of supplies used to make this card: 

• From the Heart Stamps 'Patches the Ghost'
• white card stock paper 
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer
• colored pencils (yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, black, brown) 
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencils (orange, green, blue, brown, black) 
• white pencil 
• black fine liner 0.5 
• paint brush
• water 
• paper towels 
• Freckled Fawn Enamel Warm Dew Drop Stickers

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenges home page. 

1) From the Heart Stamps i {heart} card sketches w/a tWiSt #no.84

I used sketch and twist.

2)  CASology, Week 119: Ghost 

3) Crafty Sentiments Designs, Trick or Treat OR Something Sweet Challenge 
Follower (3) 

4) Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog, Challenge #115 - Anything Goes/Spooky 

5) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes

6) Penny´s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog, Challenge 201 - Anything Goes 

7) The Pink Elephant, TPE274 - Anything Goes  

8) Through The Craft Room, TTCRD Challenge from October 27th to November 3rd, Anything Goes (GDT)

9) The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges, Challenge #22 - Anything Goes 

10) Clear it Out Challenge Blog, Theme: Colour challenge - use orange, Stash: Orange-y things (flowers, stickers, embellishments etc.)   

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy your day. :-D 

Crafty Milka 

Apple Market Card

Hello everyone. My third post today :-D

Last night I started to color my new card and finished it today. This is one layer card. I called Apple Market Card, according to a stamp set I used.

I used From the Heart Stamp 'Apple Market' digital stamp set, which includes lovely image and four sentiments. 

This is Stamp of the Month October 2014 and I got it this month for free, for playing last month in Stamp of the Month Challenge.

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge is progressive challenge and everyone is a winner. Faith generously gives a digital stamp of the month for free to everyone who joined previous challenge. Awesome, right. :-D

Card dimensions are 148 mm x 105 mm (5 7/8" x 4 1/8").

List of supplies: 

• From the Heart Stamps 'Apple Market'
• white card stock paper 
• printer 
• scoring board
• trimmer
• Staedtler Noris Club colored pencils (yellow, orange, red, beige, pink, blue, green, black, brown) 
• Koh-i-noor Mondeluz aquarell colored pencils (yellow, orange, red, greens, blues, browns, black) 
• white pencil 
• black fine liner 0.5 mm
• brush
• water
• paper towels

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Note: bold text is direct link to current challenge and blog badge is direct link to blog or challenges home page. 

1) From the Heart Stamps, October free Stamp of the Month - Apple Market

2) Deep Ocean Challenge Blog, Challenge #89 - Just one layer 

3) Bunny Zoe´s Crafts, October Challenge - Animals 

And for the end...
My Trick or Tweet Card is TOP 3 at From the Heart Stamps. I am so happy that a Design Team liked my card.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Have a spooky and fun Halloween. :-D 

Crafty Milka